This elegant brochure has no date, but I suspect it was from 1929, when the Empire Builder began operating, or 1930, before the effects of the Depression were fully felt. The interior devotes six pages to the train’s observation-lounge car, … Continue reading
Great Northern issued this undated brochure after re-equipping the Oriental Limited in 1924. But the brochure mentions that “a tunnel seven and eight-tenths miles long is being bored through the Cascade Mountains at a cost of $16,000,000.” Since GN made … Continue reading
This blotter is clearly from the pre-streamlined period (meaning before 1947) and probably from the pre-war period. We know the Empire Builder was only partially air conditioned in 1934, so it is from after that year. Some of the companies … Continue reading
This blotter uses the same image as a note pad that I worried might be a replica, and the blotter also has a string of tiny numbers and “Printed in U.S.A.” at the bottom. Yet I feel pretty confident that … Continue reading
An ordinary number 10 business envelope, but the addition of the Great Northern logo in the upper left corner makes it railroad memorabilia. The logo dates it to between 1967 and 1970, and the lack of any tiny numbers suggests … Continue reading
As in the case of yesterday’s note pad, this one has some tiny numbers and the words “Made in U.S.A.” at the bottom. However, I am pretty sure it is authentic and not a replica. Breast cancer commander cialis purchasing … Continue reading
Here’s a note pad that features the Great Northern’s version of the “ship and travel” theme used on note pads by many other railroads–enhanced with GN’s frequent use of the word “Great.” The tiny numbers and “Made in U.S.A.” at … Continue reading
This note pad doesn’t mention either passenger or freight service, but just gets across the message that the Great Northern is painting its entire railroad Big Sky Blue. Before it completed that job, which began buy levitra professional It remains … Continue reading
Issued in 1957, this 18″x32″ map highlights Great Northern routes in red and Burlington routes in thick black. The Rio Grande and Western Pacific get medium-thick black lines. All other railroads are shown with thin black lines, though it might … Continue reading
Great Northern distributed this slightly-smaller-than-tabloid-sized newspaper at the 1949 Chicago Rail Fair. However, a note at the top states that this particular edition was printed after the fair and admits that “a minor portion” of the paper “is obsolete due … Continue reading
